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OSCO: Order Shipment Cost Optimization Software
OSCO reduces the total shipping cost and is easy to integrate with Order Processing/WMS systems. Reduce shipping cost, oversize charges, DIM weight charges with automated real time optimized box selection
OSCO: Key Features and Benefits
- Selects Most Optimal/Cheapest Shipment Solution:
- Reduces small package carrier (UPS/FedEx/DHL/USPS) shipping costs by using smallest size and least number of shipping boxes.
- Reduces dimensional weight resulting in cheaper shipping cost for orders with large but light weight items.
- Reduce/Eliminate DIM Weight charges:
- DIM weight or Dimensional weight is the weight of the package calculated in pounds per cubic foot. In case of a big package of light weight, shipment charges are based on DIM weight and not actual weight. These charges are much higher than actual weight charges.
- Reduce/Eliminate Oversize charges:
UPS and FedEx define a package as oversize if
Length + Girth ((width x 2) + (height x 2)) => 130 inches
OSCO can split up the order into multiple boxes to avoid oversize charges
- Reduce risk of shopping cart abandonment:
- A PayPal Checkout Abandonment Study found that 43% of shoppers abandon cart during checkout due to high shipping charges
- NetIQ study found that consumers attribute 35% of their abandoned carts to high shipping costs and lengthy delivery times
- Use OSCO to determine and quote actual shipping cost at time of order placement
- Generates Automatic Shipping Solution to Save Labor Cost:
- Reduces labor time in searching/trying for the right size box
- Eliminates labor time wasted when order does not fit in the selected box, resulting in redundant labor spent in transferring items to bigger box.
- Automatically generates packing slips/manifests for each shipment box at time of order processing. Manifest includes details of all items that should be loaded per box and the total shipment weight of each box.
- Determine actual shipping cost at time of order placement:
- Using OSCO at time of order placement to find the box/boxes required for shipping the order, customers can be quoted accurate cost of shipping.
- Estimating high can cost you the sale.
- Estimating low will make you eat part of the shipping cost.
- Generates Multiple Savings in Material Cost:
- Reduces corrugated costs by using smaller and fewer shipping boxes.
- Reduces packing material cost by using less packing/filler materials such as bubble wrap, air bags, packing peanuts.
- More Savings Through Standardizations and Reduced Mistakes:
- Reduces shipping cost by using one vendor to get volume discounts. (OSCO eliminates/reduces the need to ship large orders via LTL or other shipment methods)
- Avoids using oversize boxes that are expensive to ship by optimally dividing shipments into multiple standard size boxes
- Enforces weight limits per shipment box to prevent over-weight penalties
- Saves the Planet Too! - Go Green While Saving Money:
- Reduces fill material.
- Helps cut fuel usage, reducing emissions by generating optimal sized shipment solution